260 VI. METALS.— Salts. 



ox. of zinc, 5 acid, and T'875 water; equiv. to 18*125; does not 

 dry oil colours. 



SoLUTio ACETiTis ziNCi. White \'itriol 3j, dissolve in distilled 

 water 5X ; sugar of lead 3iiij, dissolve in distilled water 3x ; mix 

 and filter ; astringent; used as a collyrium and injection. 



ANTIMONY. 



Butter of antimony, Butyrum antimonii^ Oleum antimonii, 

 Murias antimoniiy Causticum antimoniale. Common antimony, 

 corrosive sublimate, ana p. aeq. ; grind together ; distil in a wide- 

 necked retort, and let the buttery matter that comes over run in a 

 moist place to a liquid oil. 



2. Antimony calcined to greyness, or powdered glass of anti- 

 mony 9 oz., common salt 32 oz., oil of vitriol 24 oz., water 16 oz.; 

 distil : this yields 40 oz. of butter of antimony. 



3. Common antimony, or glass of antimony lib., common salt 

 41b., oil of vitriol 3lb., water 2lb. ; distil. 



Antimonium muriatum. Liver of antimony lib., dry com- 

 mon salt 21b.; mix, and add them to oil of vitriol lib.; distil. 

 Caustic, but apt to spread; used, however, largely by the 

 farriers. 



Emetic tartar, Emetique, Tartarus emeticus, Tartarum erne- 

 ticum, Tartras antimonii. Crocus metallorum, white tartar, ana 

 4lb. : boil them in water, filter, evaporate to a pelhcle, and crys- 

 tallize. 



% Boil Sib. of common antimony with 16lb. of oil of vitriol 

 in an iron pot to dryness, wash the grey mass until the uncombined 

 sulphuric acid is carried off; mix it with an equal weight of 

 crude tartar, boil in water, and crystallize. 



Antimonium tartarizatum. Crocus of antimony 31b., 

 cream of tartar 41b., water 4 gallons : proceed as usual. 



Tartarum antimoniatum. Oxyd. antim. nitro-muriat. 3ij, 

 cream of tartar 3ijss, distilled water Jxviij : proceed as before. 



Antimonium tartarizatum. Glass of antimony, cream of 

 tartar, ana lib., water 1 gallon; boil, filter, and crystallize. This 

 is emetic, sometimes cathartic, diaphoretic, expectorant, altera- 

 tive, and rubefacient. As an emetic, the doseisgr. j — iv. in solu- 

 tion; as a diaphoretic and expectorant, gr. -J- to gr. ^. Alkalies, 

 earths, and their carbonates, as also strong acids, decoctions of 

 bitter and astringent vegetables are incompatible with H. — Officinal 

 preparation. Liquor antimonii tartarizati, L* — Vinum tartratis 

 antimonii, E, 



